I’m often asked what cameras and other equipment I use for my photography. In the past – particularly when I used to shoot weddings and portraits fairly regularly – I opted for medium format gear, and in terms of SLR/DSLR options have been wedded to Canon for as long as I can remember. However, I have to confess that I’ve been completely won over by Sony and their leading edge camera technology, and these days my photographic equipment consists of the following (subject to change, of course, because the lure of new equipment is something of a constant):

Cameras

Sony a7Rii (full frame, 42MP) with the following lenses:

Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS

Sony FE 85mm F1.8

Sony FE 90mm f2.8 Macro G OSS

Sony a6300 with 16-50mm F3.5 PZ OSS lens (fantastic camera – 24MP APS-C sensor with the fastest AF available when released, and easily pocketable)

Apple iPhone 8 Plus (yes, really – I use this a lot, particularly for Instagram)

Lighting

Elinchrom D-Lite RX4 (x3)

Elinchrom D-Lite 4 it (x2)

Metz 64 AF-1 speedlight

Camera Support

Gitzo Explorer GT2531EX tripod with Arca Swiss Monoball PO/Gitzo GH2750QR off-centre ball heads

Giottos MTL8361B tripod with MH1300-550 ball head

Manfrotto 679 monopod with 494RC2 ball head (generally kept in the car for walkabout use)

Photo-Editing Software

Adobe Creative Cloud (primarily Photoshop, but occasionally Lightroom)

ON1 RAW

Although it’s a bit time-consuming to set up, my preferred lighting for watch photography is studio flash, and normally I’ll use either an electronic trigger or the speedlight – mounted on the camera – to remotely fire the studio heads.  The speedlight also gives a soft fill light by bouncing it off the ceiling, or even the wall behind the camera; the two studio heads then provide ideal key and accent lights. The set-up generally looks like that below, although light positioning would obviously vary from shot to shot.